Enteroviral meningitis without pleocytosis in children

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 874-878

  Yun, Ki Wook ^a,b   Choi, Eun Hwa ^a   Cheon, Doo Sung ^c   Lee, Jina ^d   Choi, Chang Won ^a,d   Hwang, Hee ^d   Kim, Beyong Il ^a,d   Park, Kyoung Un ^a   Park, Sung Sup ^a   Lee, Hoan Jong ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PLEOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH KOREA; SYMPTOM; VIRUS MENINGITIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTEROVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENINGITIS, VIRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84866498749     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-301884     Document Type: Article

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